I've decided to redo The Crossdresser and his Rival on my new account, so hopefully it'll be a lot better and I'll have some reviews?
Chapter 1: The Old Queen Is Back
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Rima sighed as she walked to the Royal Garden, her calm appearance not letting on that she was already half an hour late to the meeting, which was supposed to start at 6:30. The fan boys that she had were surprisingly dedicated, already waiting at the school gate just to catch a glimpse of the Queen's chair's trek to the glass building where Guardian's meetings were held. Rima was already in a bad mood that morning, and as she lifted her chin up, tried to ignore the praises the boys placed on her.
"Ohh, Rima-sama is so cute today!"
"She looks just like a porcelain doll!"
"She's so adorable, look how tiny she is!"
"I call being her prince-charming!"
The blonde haired girl scowled as she heard their words, hearts in their eyes. Didn't these boys already know how much she hated being called things that had to do with her height? At least no one had called her a little kid today; that phrase hit close to home, and brought back unwanted memories of her fighting parents.
As if sensing her sorrow, the small clown chara that Rima had floated out in front of her, pulling her cheeks back into a funny face.
"Rima, smile!" Kusukusu said, her tongue already sticking out. In response, the petite girl gave the tiniest inkling of a smile, reassuring the chara that she had succeeded in making her feel at least a tad bit better.
Opening up the windowed door, Rima stepped into the bright greenhouse, where everyone was currently sitting at the white outdoor set, sipping on their tea and scones, which happened to be the treat of the day.
From what she could hear, nothing interesting was going on, only Tadase, the golden- haired King's chair was acting as if he were enjoying the meeting as he spoke about the change in school uniforms and the new volunteer project to improve the school's scenery.
Looking around, it seemed like no one had noticed that the honey-eyed girl had entered the room, so she cleared her throat quietly as she walked to where the Queen's chair sat. Almost immediately, eyes perked up throughout the room as they found a distraction from the boring meeting.
"Rima!" a bubble-gum haired girl shouted; her dark yellow eyes brightening as she saw her best friend. This instantly got the small girl to smile as she sat down in her chair next to the girl. Only then did she notice the extra chair that was right next to her. Giving her friend a quizzical look, Amu grinned excitedly, as did the red haired youngster that used to sit next to Rima.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you! Nadeshiko is coming back from Europe this week, and she's coming back to school!" Rima only gave a blank look, internally disappointed that everyone looked so excited to see her. Even Kairi, who barely showed any emotions, seemed interested in the mysterious girl.
Wasn't Nadeshiko supposed to be Amu's EX- best friend? Then why was everyone so eager to see her, wasn't the new Queen's chair enough? Taking Rima's silence for confusion, Amu decided to pipe in some extra information about the girl.
"She was the old Queen's chair, before you came here. She's also one of my best friends! I think you'll really like her!" Seeing that her friend was so excited, Rima only heaved a small sigh, not wanting to rain on the animated girl's parade. Not seconds later, the sound of the greenhouse door opening again reached the group's ears.
"I'm back, everyone!" a sickeningly sweet (at least in Rima's opinion) shouted out as they all turned their heads.
"Nadeshiko!" Amu shrieked, bounding off of the platform and running to the door to hug her friend. Rima narrowed her eyes at the girl as an overwhelming amount of jealousy rose through her.
The previous Queen was even prettier than Rima had originally thought she would have been. Long, violet hair was neatly tied up into a ponytail using red ribbons with short bangs covering part of her forehead. Kind chocolate eyes peered down fondly at the excited girl who was currently hugging her.
"It's nice to see you again, Amu-chan," she said pleasantly, looking up again at the rest of the table. Yaya immediately ran up to Nadeshiko once she broke out of Amu's hug.
"Nade-chi!" The immature sixth grader squealed as her orange eyes lit up in excitement, causing Kairi's cheeks to tint rosy pink. This went on for a while as the two girls obsessed over Nadeshiko. Kairi simply gave her a head nod and a curt greeting, to which Yaya scolded him, saying that he should go up and hug "Nade-chi" as well. Tadase gave a small handshake to the new girl, Rima still sitting down, glaring at the beautiful violet-haired girl.
Finally, Nadeshiko walked over to Rima, her tall brown designer boots clicking slightly on the cement. Every ounce of Rima's being was telling the old Queen to get away from her, but either the girl was really dense, or a great actress as she put on a gentle smile and started talking.
"Oh! You must be Rima-chan," a curved smile arranged itself on the intruder's lips, "Amu has told me so much about you!" Rima placed a fake smile on her lips as she looked up at the girl who had stolen her best friend.
"Really? That's strange… She didn't mention you at all until this morning," the honey colored eyes literally oozed hatred as Nadeshiko looked at her in shock. The two stared at each other, one with confusion and the other with jealousy and hatred.
There was a long stretch of silence as Tadase kept talking to himself about the plans he had made for the meeting. In all honesty, he probably didn't understand that no one was paying attention to him, as Yaya was still scolding Kairi and Amu was watching her tense best friends stare at each other.
"Now, now," Amu said nervously, putting her hands in front of her, laughing awkwardly, "let's all be friends, right?" Rima, not wanting to disappoint Amu, who had previously been so delighted to have her friend back, decided she might as well act friendly in front of the pink-head. Plastering on a superficial smile, the tiny girl turned towards Nadeshiko and extended her hand out.
"Yes, let's be friends!" The violet haired girl looked worried, but took the hand that Rima had offered. Almost as soon as she did, Rima tightened her hold on the hand, hoping to hurt the gentle girl standing opposite her. "Right, Nade-shi-ko?" she asked, emphasizing the last two syllables. The girl could only nod in return as Rima took her hand away and sat back down in her chair.
Conversation soon changed to questions about Europe, as Rima absentmindedly rested her head on her hand, zoning out completely until the bell rang for school.
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Just her luck, Nadeshiko had to be in her extracurricular classes. Although the girl was in advanced classes for the core subjects (math, science, language, and history), the remaining three classes were the same for her as for Rima. And the classes had to be none other than photography, dancing, and P.E.
Rima silently cursed herself as the last period of the day finally rolled around, putting her silent suffering to an end. She felt a nudge on her arm as Nadeshiko, who just so happened to sit next to her, looked at her with a worried glance.
"Rima-chan, are you okay?" Scowling, she turned to the purple-head.
"I would be… if you stopped bothering me," Rima hissed under her breath, her curly hair falling down her shoulders. Much to Rima's surprise, that shut the girl up, letting her alone to her thoughts as the teacher rattled on about the upcoming field trip next week for the 9th grade classes.
Each year, the 9th grade classes do a one month field trip to somewhere on the globe (chosen by the Guardians council of course). They have their core classes indoors while the rest of the classes are outdoors (for example, science, photography, dancing, and PE are outside). The whole purpose was to make a better learning environment that could introduce everyone to new surroundings. You have one buddy for the entire trip, and they count as your roommate and bus buddy.
Rima was especially excited for this trip, as there was a high likelihood that she would be paired with Amu for the entire trip. She internally grinned at being able to hang out with her best friend for a month.
Clearing his throat, the teacher started reading out the list of names of partners. Bored, Rima looked around the room, watching others get paired up.
"Rima Mashiro and Nadeshiko Fujisaki!" Rima's head immediately shot up, convinced that her ears had mistaken her. But from the look of shock on Nadeshiko's face, it was obviously true. Her partner for the trip would be no other than Nadeshiko Fujisaki, her worst enemy…
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Well I'm redoing some of the stories from my old account, if you think I should take it down or add a different story I abandoned, review below!
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Side note to anyone who read this on my old account: This version will be a lot better (in my opinion) and it's only loosely based on my old fiction, so there will be different twists in this one!
